Placement involves assigning an accepted job candidate to a specific position that matches their qualifications and abilities, as well as the job demands. It aims to balance the strain of working conditions with compensation, opportunities, and coworker relationships. Effective placement follows principles like considering the job first, matching qualifications, developing loyalty, having placement determined before start dates, and allowing for initial temporary assignments. Challenges can include meeting employee and job expectations, as well as adjusting to changes in technology, organization structure, and social/psychological factors.

1. Placement
• Placement is the determination of the job to which an
accepted candidate is to be assigned and his
assignment to that job.
• It is a matching of what the supervisor has reason to
think he can do with the job demands.
• It is a matching of what he imposes (in strain working
conditions etc) and what he offers in the form of
payroll, companionship with others, promotional
possibilities etc.

2. Principles of placement
• Job first, man next.
• Jobs according to the qualification.
• Developing a sense of loyalty and corporation among
the employee.
• Placement should be ready before the joining date of
the newly selected person.
• Placement in the initial period maybe temporary as
changes are likely after the completion of training.

3. Problems of placement
• Employee expectations.
• Job expectations.
• Change in technology.
• Changes in organizational structure.
• Social and psychological factors.